Details
Creator Magee, John L., artist.
Contributor McGuigan, James, b. ca. 1819, printer.
Title St. Paul's M. E. Church Catherine St. above 6th. Philada. [graphic] : Erected A.D. 1838 / Drawn by J. L. Magee.
Publisher Philadelphia: Jas. McGuigan lith
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date [ca. 1860]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored; 38 x 54 cm.(15 x 21 in.) image.
Description Exterior view showing the Methodist Episcopal Church at 615-623 Catharine Street, set back from the street by a front lawn. A path cuts through the center of the lawn. Trees line the path, the street, and corners of the lawn. The trees obscure the view of the front facade, which includes the name of the church on the frieze above the doorway. Several well-dressed parishioners of all ages approach the church from the sidewalk and walk down the path to the entrance. Also shows a man at the doorway of the neighboring residence with rear buildings that border the fenced church lawn. An elderly man crossing the street. Congregation organized in 1833.
Is referenced by Wainwright 350
Bloomsbury Auctions (Firm). Jay T. Snider Collection, 281
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 715
Atwater Kent Museum: 88.98.473/20. Digital image shows AKM copy.
Subject St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Methodist Episcopal churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W350 [P.2008.34.14]
Accession number AKM-W350-88-98-473-20
P.2008.34.14